more weather in the south

8 days in south-western France and today's the second day of sunshine we get. in fact, it snowed yesterday. a rare occasion in these parts. beautiful thick snowflakes suddenly fell gracefully from the skies and continued to do so for a good 2 hours. pretty amazing. as it turned out, the entire region was in 'amber alert' for snow, very unfortunate, seen as my father had to drive my sister to the airport, 2 hours away.